Flea Knihy

Autobiografia Flea, basgitaristu Red Hot Chili Peppers, vydaná v roku 2019, sa zameriava na jeho detstvo, dospievanie a cestu k hudbe pred vznikom kapely. Flea, rodným menom Michael Peter Balzary, sa narodil v Melbourne a neskôr sa presťahoval do Los Angeles, kde vyrastal v rozvrátenej rodine s násilníckym otčimom. Tieto ťažké skúsenosti formovali jeho pohľad na svet a jeho umeleckú tvorbu. Kniha zachytáva jeho prvé stretnutia s hudbou, od jazzovej fascinácie po pohltenie punkovou scénou Los Angeles, a popisuje, ako sa začal venovať basgitare. Flea podrobne rozoberá aj svoje silné priateľstvo s Anthonym Kiedisom, spevákom kapely, ktoré ovplyvnilo ich kariéry a osobné životy. Otvorene sa delí o svoje zážitky s drogami, psychadelickými látkami a rebéliou, ktorá ho sprevádzala v dospievaní. Flea píše poeticky a emocionálne, pričom jeho jazyk je autentický, introspektívny a plný humoru. Kniha končí pred založením Red Hot Chili Peppers, čo ju odlišuje od typických rockových autobiografií. Je to osobný pohľad na to, čo ho formovalo ako človeka, a ponúka zaujímavé príbehy z punkovej scény Los Angeles 80. rokov. Oceňovaná kritikmi, kniha osloví nielen fanúšikov kapely, ale aj čitateľov so záujmom o silné životné príbehy a introspektívne memoáre.

New York Times Bestseller A #1 LA Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller One of NPR's "Favorite Books of 2019" With "virtuosic vulnerability" ( The Atlantic ), the iconic bassist and Red Hot Chili peppers co-founder pens a love letter to a youth spent wild in Los Angeles in his raw and riveting coming-of-age memoir, now in paperback. In Acid for the Children , Flea takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical meditations, and occasional flights of fantasy, Flea deftly chronicles the experiences that forged him as an artist, a musician, and a young man. His dreamy, jazz-inflected prose makes the Los Angeles of the 1970s and 80s come to gritty, glorious life, including the potential for fun, danger, mayhem, or inspiration that lurked around every corner. It is here that young Flea, looking to escape a turbulent home, found family in a community of musicians, artists, and junkies who also lived on the fringe. He spent most of his time partying and committing petty crimes. But it was in music where he found a higher meaning, a place to channel his frustration, loneliness, and love. This left him open to the life-changing moment when he and his best friends, soul brothers, and partners-in-mischief came up with the idea to start their own band, which became the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Acid for the Children is the debut of a stunning new literary voice, whose prose is as witty, entertaining, and wildly unpredictable as the author himself. It's a tenderly evocative coming-of-age story and a raucous love letter to the power of music and creativity from one of the most renowned musicians of our time.